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@washingtonpost @nytimes @maggieNYT @PhilipRucker Reading through Bannon's indictment, and the list of accounts (34i) holding the fake charity money is curious. One of the account holders is an organization called America First Medical. That's odd (continued)
it turns out that the Bannon wall fraud is connected to the coronavirus pandemic. Some donated money was used to fund the company, which acted as a mask middleman. They claimed to have access to tons of masks, which they would re-sell at large scale for a profit. (cont'd)
The company is headed by Kolfage, indicted with Bannon,
The mask broker industry is the wild west. Some in it sell counterfeit masks. Some compete with states and hospitals that need masks, causing short supplies and amp'd up prices. (continued)
The mask broker industry is the wild west. Some in it sell counterfeit masks. Some compete with states and hospitals that need masks, causing short supplies and amp'd up prices. (continued)
It's worth noting that some mask shipments were confiscated by Trump during the height of the epidemic confusion. You can imagine fraudulent dots to connect. Here's a link to the story on America First Medical, from March. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-masks-specialrepor/special-report-the-mask-middlemen-how-pop-up-brokers-seek-big-paydays-in-a-frenzied-market-idUSKBN21I32E
